*Sigh* I don't want any flaming on this. I really tried to make something this time, using a tutorial on Deviantart. Please just tell me if it's worth saving or not. I have the .xcf, for you and for editing critics' demands. Just tell me if it's good or not, not ***** about my previous mistakes with graphics. Seems like text shouldn't be there. I never was good with text, even though I wasn't good at all.
Yeah I joined right before you were permbanned for reasons still unknown to me. Anyway, on topic, I would suggest letting the original background of the stock show up. That is unless the bg of the stock is boring...I like the effect on the right, but the left is just bleh. The woman looks blurry and out of focus too. Oh, and text needs to go.
I do, . The focal needs to be exposed more, it seems LQ. Blending and smudging need works. The choice of colors are not great, definitely not your best signature.
Oh my god what did you do with that sharpen tool :O Its monstrously oversharpened in the outer areas while too blurry in the center. Text is bad as well...c'mon, you can do bettah.
Mhm, hang on a second. I went off track, but pretty much followed some of it step by step. http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs25/f/2008/093/1/c/fade_Smudge_Tutorial_Gimp_by_Misty82.png
I don't see how it's that bad. My screen isn't bright, but it can't be horrible. And I never was good at GFX so basically I am just starting.
The tut is the problem. Find a different one, NAO! If you need a link to a good one, VM me, but don't say I didn't warn you when you get about 18,000 tut links.